Automobile radiator water heater



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APPLICATION FILED 0011711916. T

PRJtRnte @et ILIIIIZ.

INVENTGR:

Patented @et 3l, i922,

held/M533 ouTTeo sTaTes eaTenT @Teton 'DWN M. ROSENBLUTH, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANTA.

AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR WATER HEATER.

Application ined october *1, 191e. seriai No. 124,211.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWIN M. ROSEN- BLUTH; a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia., in the State of Penn- 5 Sylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Automobile Radiator Water Heaters, whereof the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

The primary object of my invention is to provide mea-ns to heat the water in the circulating system of an internal combustion engine onan automobile, including a radiai tor, by a source of heat independent of said engine and for the purpose of preventing the water from freezing in said system when the engine is not being operated; the water in said systemA being, of course, heated by said engine, when the latter is operated.

fis hereinafter described, my invention includes a blue flame oil burning heater which is separable from and portable independently of and such circulating system above contemplated; so that it may be shifted from place to place in a garage, fortemporary connection with different automobiles to heat the water` in the respective circulating systems thereof, by a hot blast includingatmospheric air and products of combustion from said hea-ter, directed throughthe interstices of the radiators which are included in such systems. As the radiators are presented at respectively different heights on the automobiles which carry them, and it is desirable to have the products of combustion from the heater delivered to the radiators at the lower portion thereof, because thatA is the region where theheat may be most elli-V ciently applied; an essential fea-ture 'of the invention herein claimed is means for conducting or directing the product-s of combustion from the heater to the radiator, so constructed and arranged that the discharge end of the conducting or directing means is 45adjustably variable in position with reference to the radiator; so that a single heater, having such adjustable conducting or directing means, is thereby adapted for the most etlicient cooperation with automobile radia- 50 tors of any kind, despite variations in the height at which such radiators are carriedby the automobiles. Moreover, as such radlators are variously plane and angular at their fronts with which such conducting or directing means of my improved heaters are intended to cooperate; a convenient ad. Junctive feature of my invention is the provision of means at the discharge end of the conduit for t-he products of combustion whereby it is adjustable in conformity with the front of a radiator, whether such front be plane or angular.

My invention includes the various novel features of construction and arrangement hereinafter more definitely specified.

ln the drawing; Fig. l is a side elevation of a radiator in the elevated position, in which it is'carried by an automobile, and having a heater embodying my invention in cooperative relation therewith. rlhe dash I lines in said figure indicate several different positions of the hot blast conducting or directing means whereby the region of discharge of said blast from the heater may be" variably adjustably determined.

F ig. ll isa front elevation of the radiator and heatershown in Fig. l. .i

lllig.` lll is a sectionalview taken on the line lllll, lill in Fig. l. .f

Fig. lV is a fragmentary sectional View 8@ showing the construction of the telescopic joint of the hot blast conduit shown in Figs. l land lll. Fig. V is a plan view of a radiator having an angular front, and showing a hot blast 35i conduit having means adjusted to lit said4 angular front, and adjustable to fitradiator fronts of different angles or which are plane,

Referring to the form of my invention` shown in Figs. l to lV inclusive; the auto- @o mobile radiator l has the water inlet pipe.

2'at the bottom thereof and the water outlet pipe 3 at the top thereof connecting it with the water circulating system of an internal combustion engine 4, which is the motor of the automobile. rThe heater, whicliis separable, from said radiatorand portable to other radiators, conveniently includes the casing. 5 having the' door 6, Awith the. forarninous screen?, affording access to -lts ln- Too terior. Said casing incloses a flaming source of heat having an ,Snr inlet and air outletheight of the llame v11 may be regulated;` said burner being conveniently inclosed inY the lamp casing 12` having the foraininous door 13 affording an an.' inlet to said burner, and havingthe. forammous chimney 15 affording an outlet from saidA burner; bothl inlet and outlet being of such a foraminous nature that it is impossible for an` explosive atmosphere to find access to said iiaming source of heat and, consequently, said heater may be operated with safety in an atmosphere charged with gasolene fumes.

Said casing 5 has means to direct and conduct the hot blast of products of combustion from 'said heater mixed with atmospheric air, including the removableannular cap 16 which is d etachably secured on said casing by the screws 17; the conduit seetion 18 which is vertically and circumferentially adjustable in' said cap; and the conduit section 19 which is horizontally and j circumferentially adjustable in said conduit section 18. It is to be understood that the telescopic relation of said casing cap 16 to the conduit section 18, and of said conduit section 18 to said conduit section 19, is such V that the discharge end 2O of said conduit may be presented at any desired height and vertical distance from the center of lsaid heater casing 5 required to place it in the `most eliicient position with respect to any l given radiator.

,zontally cylindrical portion of said conduit As shown 'in Figs. III' and IV; the cylindrical portion of saidconduit section 19 is longitudinally adjustable in the horisection 18 which is provided with the sphincteral band 22 which is retained between the circumferential beads 23 on said section 18 and has its ends provided with the clamping .bolt 25 and nut 26 by which said hand may be constricted upon said conduit section v18 to constrict the latter upon said conduit section 19; the` end of said section 18 being conveniently slitted as indicated at 27 in Fig. III toV permit such constriction.

It is to be understood that said casing cap 16 is provided with the sphincteral band 29 which is retained between the beads 30 on said cap and otherwise constructed and arranged to beconstricted like said band 22.

As shown in Figs. I and II the discharge l/end section 19 of the hot blast conduit has its discharge end 20 planular to lit the plane front face of said radiator 1.` However, the discharge end conduit section v32, shown in Fig. V, although having a plane discharge end 33, is adaptedl to fit a radiator 34 having an angular front 35, by means of the adjustable hood comprising the oppositely counterpart,conforming sections 37 which are pivoted upon a vertical clamping bolt 38 having the adjustable wing nut 39 so that they may be swung toward and away from the radiator and thus adapted to the configuration of the latter, and be then clamped in adjusted position. It is to be understood that such a discharge end section of the conduit may be telescopically fitted in the section 18 aforesaid; thus providing the heater above described with means adapting it for cooperation with radiators which are either plane or angular at their fronts.

As far as I am aware, I am the-first inventor of a heater for an automobile water circulating system which is separable. from and portable independently of said system, with the advantage that asingle heater may be successively connected in cooperative relation with a plurality of such systems, and, so far as I am aware,lI am the first in ventor of a water heater of any kind having a flaming source of heat, and provided with 90 foraminous screens to exclude an explosive atmosphere. y Therefore, I do.not desire to limit myself to the specific construction and arrangement herein setv forth, as it is obvious that various modications may be made therein without departing from the essential features of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

1.' rI`he combination with a flaming source of .heat having an air inlet and an air outlet; of foraminous screens ifor said, inlet and outlet adapted to prevent .ignition of an explosive atmosphere therethrough; a casing for said source arranged to direct the hot blast therefrom; means arrangedY to direct and conduct saidy hot blast in coopera-tive relation with an autom'jobile radiator, including a conduit havingits dischargeI end adjustable both vertically and horizontally with respect to said casing; conforming means, at said discharge end, including an adjustable hood comprising pivotally connected, oppositely'counterpart sections mov- 115 able Ato fit the adjacent face of said radiator; clamping means securing said conforming means in .adjusted position; and meansl constructed and arranged to secure said conduit in adjusted position.

adjustable both vertically and horizontally 'ln testimony whereof, ll have hereunto with respect to said casing; conforming signed my name at Philadelphia, Pennsylmeans, at said discharge end, including a Vania, this sixth day of October, 1916.

bifurcated hood, movable to fit the adjacent EDVVl M. ROSENBLUTH.' face of said radiator; and means construct- `Witnessest ed and arranged to secure said conduit in ARTHUR E. PAIGE,

adjusted position. I l MARY H. FERNAN. 

